SYMPOSIUM ON CAPITAL PROJECT COST ESTIMATION

Montgomery County Government hosted a proactive symposium on September 15, 2008 at The American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland to learn more about capital project cost estimation from government and private sector experts, who discuss cost estimating methodologies, identify causes of cost increases and present strategies to contain costs, and address budgeting for "risk" and contingencies. The following presentations are available:

• Cost and Budget Management in Capital Improvements Projects, Hamid Omidvar, AIA, Chief, Office of Planning and Development, Montgomery County Department of General Services



• Budgeting and Cost Management of United States General Services Administration's Capital Construction Program, Robert Andrukonis, AIA, Director, Center for Courthouse Programs, William Hunt, CCC, Chief Estimator, and William Holley; Chief Engineer, Office of the Chief Architect and Capital Construction Programs, United States General Services Administration



• Strategies for Budgeting, Estimating and Managing Projects, Michael D. Dell’Isola, PE, CVS, FRICS, Senior Vice President, Faithful + Gould



• The Contractor’s Estimating Methodology – Conceptual to 100% Construction Documents, John P. Barron, President, and Steven F. Sowash, Director of Preconstruction and Estimating Services, Foulger-Pratt Contracting, LLC



• Controlling Construction Project Costs, Bob Hixon PE, FCMAA, LEED AP, Senior Vice President, Hill International